I took them in between tugs and dugs, Harry. Took us four hours on that one, eleven hours later in the week when I was stuck at the top, Gerry was stuck halfway up and Jeff was stuck at the bottom, (along with a grader and a loader).
That was a fun day!
My “stuck”
Gerrys “stuck”
Jeff and the loaders “stuck”
The graders “stuck” but he had already managed to get me free by this point.
We had to cut a tree down to get the loader out. You can see Gerrys arm at the top of the cab leaning on the tree and that’s Wendel leaning on a very skinny shovel.
Then we used that to clear the snow behind Gerry and Jeff to give them somewhere to go when they were pulled backwards as there was no way on earth they were coming out forwards. It was dark by then so no pics, but this was the beastie that finally pulled them free. You wouldn’t believe it unless you saw it. This thing was awesome!!
It looks like a tiger on Vaseline ,Bob . You certainly won’t put on weight with all that exercise ,thats for sure . I myself am a loner ; looks like I would have to break that habit in the county of Alaska . Maybe I could make a living selling shovels…? Stay safe ,Bob.
Just a little Bob In my couple of visits to the States I noticed that a lot of the trailers seem to have their axles set well back as in your pics,exscuse my ignorance Is there a reason for it
The (roads) you were on would definitely have been easier with our type of trailer although not much
The axles are set at a point 41’ from the kingpin, which is the general bridge limit. The 53’ trailers have sliding bogies which can make it longer or shorter, but some states have limits so we generally leave them be.
Triaxles would be a nightmare on the winter roads as they drag a bit more.